Tag-hook.



W.-L. DALY.

TAG HOOK. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 1, 1912. RENEWED MBA, 1914. 1 O7, 9 1 O Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM L. DALY, 0F SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK.

TAG-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 1, 1912, Serial No. 700,961. Renewed February 4, 1914. Serial N 0. 816,529.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. D'ALY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Schenectady, in the county of Schenectady and Stateof New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tag-Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tag hooks, the object in view being to provide a device of this character which is especially designed for use in connection with tags having brass or metal eyes therein, the tag hook being particularly adapted for. the purpose of permitting such tags to be easily connected to and disconnected froni'the hook, without mutilation of the tag.

' l/Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction,- combination and arrangement of parts, as will be. hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out the claim hereunto ap In the drawings: Figure'i is a side elevation of a tag hook constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is an edge View thereof taken at right angles to Fig. 1.

The tag hook contemplated 1n this invention is constructed of a single length of wire of any suitable gage, preferably hard or spring wire being employed. The wire is bent to form the hook 1 proper, which is provided with the upwardly extending bill 2, the extremity of which is outwardly deflected or curved, as shown at 3, to facilitate entering the eye of the tag upon the hook and releasing the same therefrom. After the formation of the 1100111, the wire is bent to form an upwardly extending shank or back 4 at the upper end of which the wire is formed into one or more spring coils 5 for giving the proper spring action tothe guard 6 which extends downward from the coil 5 behind the bill of the hook. After forming the guard6, the terminal portion of the wire is bent into the form of a single coil or eye 7 forming a roundedbearing surface which presses against the rounded inner face of the bill of the hook, as clearlyshown in Fig. 1, thus greatly facilitating the entrance and exit of the tags,

' After the formation of the single coil or Copies of this patent may be obtained'for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of I'stents,

eye 7, the terminal portion of the wire is bent at a right angle to form a supplemental guard extending transversely of the space between the shank and the first mentioned guard and is then extended laterally out- Patented Aug. 18, 1914. 4

wardto fcrmra thumbpiece 8 adapted to t be grasped by the thumb'of theoperator, in order to move the guard away from the bill of the hook to more readily remove the tag, without tearing the latter. The supplemental guard is arranged at one side of the plane of the shank 4 and prevents the tags from getting between the shank and main guard to interfere with the spring action of the main guard.

In placing the tag upon the hook, it is only necessaryto pass theeye of the tag over the extremity of the hook and force the same downward past the coil 7 the coil snapping baokbehind the tag against the bill of the hook. In order to remove the tag, the back or shank 4c of the hook and the laterally extending thumb piece 8 are grasped between the thumb and forefinger of the left hand, and the coil 7 is moved away from the bill of the hook sufficiently to allow the eye of the tag to move outwardly over the extremity of the hook, without mutilating the ta I/Vhat is claimed is:

As an article of manufacture, a tag hook made of a single length of wire and comprising an upturned hook proper having the bill thereof deflected outwardly to forma convex inner face, a shank extending upwardly from the back of the hook, a spring coil at the top of the shank, a guard extending from said coil downwardly between the shank and bill, a complete coil at the lower extremity of the. guard resting against the convex face of the bill, a backwardly extend- Washington, D. G." 

